In: Operations Management
ERP is the backbone of many businesses. Using your own words,
please answer the following questions:
a. Identify and explain the differences between SCM and CRM?
Provide examples.
b. Explain how an ERP system can improve organizational
performance? Provide examples
A: The differences between the CRM and SCM are:
B: Below mentioned are the ways in which the ERP system can help the organization improve its performance:
Examples:
A manufacturing company can make use of the ERP system to analyze the inventory and also find the gaps in the system. Based on this analysis, they can fill the gaps and reduce the inventory depending on the needs of the business.
An automobile company can make use of the ERP system study the marketing and sales data to find the correlation and design the marketing strategy based on the needs of the sales team.